2000 Melbourne Cup

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2000 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
Location Flemington Racecourse
Melbourne, Australia
Date7 November 2000
Winning horse Brew
Jockey Kerrin McEvoy
Trainer Michael Moroney
SurfaceGrass
Attendance121,015 [1]
  1999
2001  

Second Coming 300 to go lead by a length, Brew cutting him down, further out Yippyo with a run. Second Coming through and then came Yippyo. It's Brew going to the lead with a 150 left to go in the Cup, Brew two lengths in front now he's drawing clear from Yippyo and Brew down to the post, Brew first two lengths to Yippyo photo third between Second Coming and Kappstad Way.

Commentator Dan Milecki describes the climax of the race

The 2000 Melbourne Cup was the 140th running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), was held on 6 November 2000 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse.

It was won by Brew, trained by Michael Moroney and ridden by Kerrin McEvoy. [2]

Field

This is a list of horses which ran in the 2000 Melbourne Cup. [3]

PlaceNumberHorseTrainerJockey
1st24 Brew (NZ) Michael Moroney (NZ) Kerrin McEvoy
2nd12YippyioAllan Denham Darren Beadman
3rd7Second Coming (NZ) Michael Moroney (NZ)Michael Coleman
4th9Kaapstad Way (NZ)Chris Wood (NZ) Damien Oliver
5th3Arctic Owl (GB) James Fanshawe (GB) David Harrison
6th5 Freemason John Hawkes Larry Cassidy
7th22Celestial ShowL. MortonLenny Beasley
8th15Pasta ExpressPaul Cave John Marshall
9th16Skybeau (NZ)Len Smith Dwayne Dunn
10th17Hill Of Grace (NZ)Robert Priscott (NZ) Glen Boss
11th4Diatribe George Hanlon Jim Cassidy
12th18Citra's Prince (NZ)Cliff Brown Craig Williams
13th11The Hind (NZ)Peter HayesStephen Baster
14th23Maguire (NZ)John Collins (NZ)Luke Currie
15th1Enzelli (IRE) John Oxx (IRE) Greg Hall
16th13BohemiathRobert Smerdon Darren Gauci
17th6Lightning Arrow (USA) Saeed bin Suroor (UAE) Frankie Dettori
18th14Our Unicorn (NZ)Colin AldersonMatthew Gatt
19th20Mr NelsonRussell CameronJason Patton
20th8Coco Cabana (NZ) Gai Waterhouse Chris Munce
21st2Far Cry (IRE) Martin Pipe (GB) Kevin Darley
Last10Maridpour (IRE) Michael Moroney (NZ)Greg Childs
SCR19Majestic AvenueTony Noonan
SCR21Pravda (NZ)Paul O'Sullivan (NZ)

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References

  1. "Track records and Attendances". Flemington.com.au. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  2. 1991-2000 Melbourne Cup results
  3. 2000 Melbourne Cup